Wolfgang Gumpelmaier and Karsten Wenzlaff

At the digitalfilmcamp, Wolfgang Gumpelmaier and Karsten Wenzlaff will give a short introduction into crowdfunding, explaining how it works, how filmmakers (can) use it and which platforms one should consider. He will also give some examples of recently funded film projects.

Wolfgang Gumpelmaiaer was born in 1978 and lives in Austria. During his media studies at Vienna University he worked as a film critic and journalist. He is a passionate web user and always on the hunt for the latest trends in Social Media, social film marketing, online film distribution, crowdfunding, community building etc. He aggregates his
knowledge in his Social Film Marketing blog, on gumpelmaier.net, on Facebook and on Twitter. Wolfgang is also a regular speaker at a variety of workshops and film festivals. He is currently working on different projects throughout Europe.

Karsten Wenzlaff (31) is the founder and managing director of the "Instituts für Kommunikation in sozialen Medien".The Institute focuses on crowdfunding in the creative and cultural industries and is Co-funder of the German crowdsourcing and crowdfunding association. Karsten published several studies and manuals on crowdfunding.

Read more on his blog http://www.socialfilmmarketing.com/.

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